IBM Cognos Analytics
11.1.4 Overview
What’s new in 11.1.4
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• New Welcome section on the Home page
• Waterfall visualization available
• Forecasting in line/column visualization
• KPI widget (compare 2 measures)
• Zero suppression for OLAP sources in
crosstabs/tables
• Supporting custom visualizations (D3,
Highcharts, iCharts etc)
• Updated crosstab (resize column/row, hide,
search)
• Compact legends on visualization
• Jupyter Notebooks output in reports
• Weather Company data source
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Reporting
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Supporting custom visualizations (D3, Highcharts, etc)• Custom visualizations can be uploaded
directly from Reporting and dashboarding
for reuse.
• Developers can preview and test custom
visualizations live within Cognos Analytics
before uploading.
• Administrators can set permission on
custom visualizations for access control.
• Additional properties can be included as
part of the custom visualization
Compact legends on visualizations
• Legends are top positioned by default.
• More compact design.
• Users can change legend section height
directly on the visualizations by using the
gripper.
Jupyter Notebook integration with Reporting
• Jupyter Notebook cells can be included as part of the report output.
• For saved report outputs, Notebook cells will always show the latest refresh
results.
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Dashboard
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KPI VisualizationDocs Link
• 3 Data Slots - KPI Measure, Comparative/Target Measure and Time
• The time slot is an optional field and can be used to generate
the spark line
• The target measure can be taken from the data, a calculation
or a manual value found in the properties
• Up to 3 “steps” to measure performance against a target
• Built-in indicator shape selection
Crosstab Enhancements
• New crosstab design layout
Selection formatting
Drop Zones for nesting/replacing rows and columns
Resize column/row width and height & word wrap
Waterfall Visualization
• Depict positive and negative values within the same visualization
Time Series Forecasting
• Option to display forecasted values in line, column or bar visualizations with time data
• Available in dashboards, stories, and explorations
• Automatic detection of seasonality and exponential smoothing model with best fit
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Explore
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Compare Card
• Suggestions for creating a comparison
• Improved interaction with Compare line
• Comparisons across more aggregation
methods – average, counts
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Relationship Diagram
• Choices up front to help users orient themselves to the information
• Suggested visualizations presented immediately
• Edit scope, like edit drivers (Edit drivers also has updated UI)
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Other
• Clarify ambiguous fields
• Properties on visualizations
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Data Modules
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• Improved Joins
Support for 'Between'
non-equi joinsOperators: [<, >, <=, >= ]now supported
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• Simplified Data Group creation
Change from Numeric to Text style
In cases where groups need to be specific values
IBM Weather Company Data
• Live data connectivity to IBM Weather Company’s History on Demand and Enhanced
Forecast API packages
• Blend weather data with your corporate data
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Smarts & AI
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AI Assistant Enhancements
• Generate a dashboard using a suggested chart as context
• Improved filter support
• Smarter related visualization recommendations
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Home Page
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• Easy to access resources for new users
• Step-by-step guided tours (with AppCues)
• How-to catalog with new professionally made videos
• Quick access to the Samples
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Pricing and Licensing
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• New Analytics Viewer License
Existing Information Distribution License will be renamed to Analytics Viewer
Added functionality users will now be able to run dashboards
You will need to give these users run access of the dashboards they will need to access
There are no changes to the existing reporting capabilities they will still need an Analytics User license to run prompted reports
Useful links
Main Cognos Analytics page + Free Trial
– http://www.ibm.biz/cognosanalytics
Community:
– https://www.ibm.com/communities/analytics/cognos-analytics/
Documentation
– http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.0.0/
Upgrade Central
– https://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/cognos/customercenter/upgrade.html